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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 204 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 144 2 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 113 11 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 93 1 Browse Search
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. 73 3 Browse Search
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson 60 12 Browse Search
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A. 60 6 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 55 15 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 51 3 Browse Search
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War 42 18 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch] (search)
The Northern Papers endeavor to whistle up their courage by drawing a contrast between the armies of McDowell and McClellan, the former being represented as destitute of drill and discipline, and the latter complete in every respect. Before Manassas they spoke of "the Grand Army"--their own pet phrase — just as they now dontrenchments and encounter the buzzard of another Manassas. We have no disposition to underrate his military abilities, but if they are any greater than that of McDowell, he has never demonstrated the fact in action. If McDowell had his Manassas, McClellan has had his Leesburg, in spite of his vain-glorious pronunciamento, "Sol abilities, but if they are any greater than that of McDowell, he has never demonstrated the fact in action. If McDowell had his Manassas, McClellan has had his Leesburg, in spite of his vain-glorious pronunciamento, "Soldiers, we have had our last defeat; we have seen our last retreat; you stand by me, and I'll stand by you."